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TreasonousBastard

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1. Why is this not interesting? Is the story of a young entrepreneur...

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Fri Jun 14, 2013, 01:01 PM

Jun 2013

reading excerpts from Anne Rice novels somehow shameful, or to be ignored or covered up?

If some guy he appointed to something once co-owned a boxing club, would it be wrong to mention that because it's male-oriented?

I'm a little more interested in why Haines, with no relevant experience, got the job, but stuff that illustrates how well-rounded she might be is good stuff. And might give a hint as to why she got the job.

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Erotica, High Heels, and Handbags: Is This How The Beltway Press Should Cover Powerful Women? [View all] demmiblue Jun 2013 OP

Why is this not interesting? Is the story of a young entrepreneur... TreasonousBastard Jun 2013 #1

Why it matters mercuryblues Jun 2013 #2

That's from her resume-- not every background or... TreasonousBastard Jun 2013 #5

Hmm. mercuryblues Jun 2013 #10

"And it might give a hint as to why she got the job." Are you implying that she slept her way in? Squinch Jun 2013 #3

No-- I said she had an interesting past... TreasonousBastard Jun 2013 #4

So her interesting past reading erotic literature might explain how she got the job? Squinch Jun 2013 #6

The "erotic literature " included Anne Rice... TreasonousBastard Jun 2013 #7

So you are saying that you think that her reading of Anne Rice erotica explains how she Squinch Jun 2013 #8

Then give up trying. "It" is more than the readings. TreasonousBastard Jun 2013 #9